#EFE5AE#EFE5AE

#EFE5AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.072 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE5AE
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 27.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -4.95, 28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 28.54, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0112 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.072 99)
XYZ	xyz(71.2562, 77.4468, 51.2313)
Luminance	0.7744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE5AE #AEB8EF

analogous

#EFC4AE #EFE5AE #D8EFAE

triadic

#EFE5AE #AEEFE5 #E5AEEF

tetradic

#EFE5AE #AEEFC4 #AEB8EF #EFAED8

square

#EFE5AE #AEEFC4 #AEB8EF #EFAED8

split-complementary

#EFE5AE #AED8EF #C4AEEF

monochromatic

#DBC448 #E5D57B #EFE5AE #F9F5E1 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#EFE5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE5AE

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE5AE	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.072 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5edc6',
    500: '#efe5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe5ae;
$custom-light: #f5edc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91661,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.77445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE5AE

secondary

#7482CD

accent

#33CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE5AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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